How to check iPadOS 18 upgrade availability for iPad Pro M4

hendrik7667 wrote:

Not sure how or why you would use your Mac to update your iPad M4. Why not just download and install. I just downloaded 18.0.1, and ran the install on my iPad Pro M4 without issue.

I've read in these forums that sometimes, if you skip a few iOS / iPadOS upgrades, you might need the aid of a Mac or PC. I wouldn't think that would be the case for updating a M4 iPad Pro. (Even if you got one when they first came out, and never updated it, it would be on iPadOS 17.4.)

I had a 3 month old iPad Pro with M4 chip and upgraded to iOS 18 and it screwed up the iPad and had to get it replaced. Apparently there’s an issue so they aren’t letting any with the M4 chip upgrade yet.

Maureen Svagera wrote:

I had a 3 month old iPad Pro with M4 chip and upgraded to iOS 18 and it screwed up the iPad and had to get it replaced. Apparently there’s an issue so they aren’t letting any with the M4 chip upgrade yet.

If you take a little time to read some of the most recent replies to this thread, you will see that iPadOS 18.0.1 has been released for all compatible models of iPad - including iPad Pro M4.

Indeed so... as announced a little earlier in this thread.

Ios 18.0.1 is out now. Anyone wanna take risk and update. Also share with us here if it updates successfully and works properly. Im not updating unless someone here says its working fine.

There has.

The initial release was bricking some M4 iPads so it was withdrawn for those models.

Unknown when an updated version will be released.

preloaded iOS 18 machines would work if they had them..... Thanks for your feedback....

Its very had to find fresh stock which might be preloaded with iOS 18. I just bought one on Sept 25 as well and it was manufactured in May.

My apple store had no pre loaded 18's

Might have to wait till the next update from what i've seen online.

Because it’s obvious sales are more important than keeping customers informed

Got my Xfinity IPad Pro 13 m4 yesterday setup thru iCloud backup which updated OS to 17.7 and completed the backup just waiting for os 18 update.

Nonsense.

Do you have a mac you can backup your existing ipad to? If so, you can restore an ios18 backup to the new ipad running 17.7 by modifying the info.plist file easily..

Back up is on a PC, not a MAC. Was trying to restore through Itunes on PC. Also tried to do Ipad to Ipad. Can the info.plist file be changed on a PC and, if so, how and what has to be changed?